Max Murray (7 November 1935 – 5 September 2016) was a Scottish

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Career

Murray began his career at Queen's Park, before moving to Ibrox in 1955. His scoring debut came on 13 August 1955 in a

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match against

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which the club won 5–0. He had a very successful spell at

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, winning two

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and finishing top scorer three times in a row. He amassed 121 goals in just 154 and on 24 October 1956 he scored Rangers' first ever goal in European competition, an equaliser in a

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first round match against

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at Ibrox, a match Rangers won 2–1. He left

in 1962 for

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, but he only lasted a season in English football before he moved back to Scotland. On 5 September 2016, Rangers announced that Murray had died aged 80.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Murray, Max 1935 births 2016 deaths Scottish footballers Camelon Juniors F.C. players Queen's Park F.C. players Rangers F.C. players West Bromwich Albion F.C. players Clyde F.C. players Association football forwards Footballers from Falkirk Third Lanark A.C. players Scottish Football League players English Football League players Lisburn Distillery F.C. players Scotland under-23 international footballers Scotland amateur international footballers